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New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus : comprehending an elucidation of the several parts of the fructification ; a prize dissertation on the sexes of plants, a full explanation of the classes, and orders, of the sexual system ; and the temple of flora, or garden of nature, being picturesque, botanical, coloured plates, of select plants, illustrative of the same, with descriptions

by: Thornton, Robert John, 1768?-1837; Linnae, Carl von, 1707-1778. Prize dissertation on the sexes of plants

Publication date: 1807

Topics: Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778, Plants, Sex in, Botany

Publisher: London : Printed, for the publisher, by T. Bensley ...

Collection: smithsonian; biodiversity

Contributor: Smithsonian Libraries

Language: English

Volume: [pt.1-2] (1807)

Item Size: 355.6M

statement of responsibility: by Robert John Thornton

Half titles preceding the t.p.: [1]. A British trophy in honour of Linnaeus. [2]. A new illustration of the sexual system of Linnaeus. [3]. The sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus

The plates are dated: 1799-1810

Includes bibliographical references

Preliminary observations -- [Part first]. The prize dissertation on the sexes of plants by Carolus von Linnaeus; written Anno Domini 1759 [translated, with copious notes, by Thornton] -- Part second. Origin of the sexual system -- Part third. Picturesque botanical plates, illustrative of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus

Some plates hand-colored